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S15500 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both S15500 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 430
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 16
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 650
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 870
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1490
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 1310
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 120
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 890 to 4460
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 53
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 50
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.9 to 79.9
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
5.0 to 6.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030